Luis Fernando Suárez
Luis Fernando Suárez managing La Equidad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán
Date of birth (1959-12-23) 23 December 1959
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1993 Atlético Nacional
1994–1995 Deportivo Pereira
Managerial career
1999–2000 Atlético Nacional
2001 Deportivo Cali
2001 Deportes Tolima
2003–2004 Aucas
2004–2007 Ecuador
2008 Deportivo Pereira
2009 Atlético Nacional
2009–2010 Juan Aurich
2011–2014 Honduras
2015 Universitario
2015–2016 Dorados de Sinaloa
2017–2018 La Equidad
2018–2019 Junior
2021 Atlético Bucaramanga
2021–2023 Costa Rica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán (born 23 December 1959) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defender. Suárez has managed in six Latin American countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Managerial career

Suárez led the Ecuador national football team to the round of 16 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and won the 1999 Colombian championship with Atlético Nacional.[1] In 2005, he led Ecuador to their second consecutive World Cup. He has enjoyed hero status in Ecuador and Colombia, leading Ecuador to their best showing in a FIFA World Cup in 2006. Reaching the second round by inflicting defeats on Poland and Costa Rica, they lost to England 1–0 after a David Beckham free kick sailed into the net.[2]

Suárez was offered to keep coaching the Ecuador national team till the next World Cup in 2010. Following a poor 2007 Copa América, many people wanted him out. Suárez stated that he would not resign and would improve his results. Suárez got off to the worst possible start for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, losing 1–0 at home to Venezuela and receiving a 5–0 hammering by Brazil. After another hammering defeat 5–1 to Paraguay, he resigned irrevocably his position as head coach, immediately after the end of the match. On October 2009 he signed with Juan Aurich, a Peruvian football team.

Honors

As a player

Atlético Nacional

As a manager

Atlético Nacional

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 July 2023
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Costa Rica 1 June 2021 20 July 2023 35 17 6 12 048.57

References

  1. ↑ Homewood, Brian (18 December 2008). "Soccer-Ex Ecuador coach Suarez takes over at Atletico Nacional". Reuters. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal de fútbol ecuatoriano". Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.


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